Goodbye UFO! Goodbye demigod! Goodbye Vince Carter

With the end of the 2020 draft, the new season is quietly approaching. Maybe you have discovered that in the new season, there is missing an old friend we are familiar with-Vince Carter.

Yes, on June 25, Beijing time, 43-year-old veteran Vince Carter announced his retirement in the silence of the NBA suspension: "I have officially ended my basketball career. "The Eagles team he played for also issued a statement: "It's official, the veteran has retired. Congratulations to Carter for completing such a phenomenal career. In this way, 22 years and a career spanning four decades, quietly. The end. And when people can finally re-read the entire career of "demigod" with the final chapter, you will sigh: That is the real life of an ordinary person

The 1998 NBA Draft! , Vince Carter was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the fifth pick in the first round, and joined the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Antawn Jamison. In the 1998-99 season, Vince Carter played in 50 games, including 49 games. Starting, he averaged 35.2 minutes per game, scoring 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals. Without any suspense, he won the title of "Rookie of the Year" in the 1998-1999 season and was selected for the NBA Finals. The first team of the All-Rookie Team.

Perhaps when it comes to Carter, people think more of his dunks. Yes, when it comes to dunks alone, Carter is definitely the top figure in his entire career. , Carter left us with too many beautiful scenes in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, dunking on the French center; dunking on Big Ben Wallace; dunking on the tough guy Alonzo Mourning in 2000. In the competition, he left behind five scenes that must be recorded in the history of human basketball. Putting these five scenes together, the conclusion can only be immortal and should be remembered by all those who love this sport, etc.! Countless scenes seem to be right in front of you.

But what Carter brings to people is not just dunks. For a period of time, he was almost a business card player in the league and the darling of the All-Star vote. He will be in the Hall of Fame. He is an 8-time All-Star. This condition is enough. In his 6 years in the North, Carter won the All-Star votes 4 times, unmatched even by Michael Jordan in the last year of his career. The All-Star starting position was given up by Carter. It’s no wonder that on the sidelines in Toronto, some fans once posted slogans: "Goodbye Michael, hello Vince." What was in Carter's hands at that time was not only the orange ball, but also his surging youth. However, the UFO was not happy in the snowy Toronto, so the UFO came to New Jersey, where people saw a more mature "demigod".

In New Jersey, Carter teamed up with Kidd and Jefferson to form a terrifying offensive trident. In 2008, the Nets visited the Air Canada Arena to challenge the Raptors. At that time, Carter had left the Raptors for four seasons, but Raptors fans were still worried about Carter's original departure. When Carter appeared on the court, fans in the stands booed, and the entire arena was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. Faced with this situation, Carter stepped forward when the team was lagging behind and single-handedly defeated the Raptors led by Dragon King Boss.

This is one of Carter’s many classic games. How can a player who can be called the top four shooting guards with Kobe, McGrady, and Iverson just an ordinary player, with a total score of 25,728 in a 22-year career? , not counting the title of Dunk King, you can enter the Hall of Fame.

In fact, when it comes to Carter, it is more of a pity. The peak of his first career was with the Raptors, and the Raptors were a team only a few years before Carter joined the NBA. Success requires years of business accumulation. The Raptors obviously do not have this condition. If his cousin Tracy McGrady stays with the team, perhaps history There is still some chance for change.

When he went to the Nets, he also had no conditions to compete for the championship. Carter's best record with the Nets was 49 wins, which sounds quite shabby. In fact, in the two years when the Nets entered the Finals, they only had 52 and 49 wins. After Carter left, the Nets also lost Kenyon Martin. The team did not add Carter out of thin air on the original basis. Later on, Carter was no longer at his peak. As a supporting character, he wanted to get a ring, but his luck was surprisingly bad. The year before he went to the Magic, he went to the Magic Finals, which was the Eastern Conference Finals; the year before he went to the Mavericks, he went to the Mavericks championship and was swept in the first round. From then on, Carter never appeared on a championship team. He was completely used as a 3D supporting role, enjoying the last time of his career.

On March 12, 2020, due to Gobert’s diagnosis, the NBA was about to suspend the season. The Hawks players realized that their antique teammate Uncle Carter was likely to play the last game of his career. game, so they let Carter come out and complete the final blow - starting with a dunk and ending with a three-pointer. This was a good arrangement.

Vince Carter has a military life, and honor is not the most correct way to evaluate him. It is an honor to walk away as a winner, but in this era where images rule the senses, people remember not only status and low status, but also those shining, uplifting and exciting moments, and Carter is in this field He is the top existence. He is not great enough, but he is brilliant enough. Just like a singer who is mediocre in terms of sales, awards and status, but if he has a song that is passed down from generation to generation, it will not be in vain for the talent given by God. .

Obviously, Carter had a few swan songs that will never be forgotten.